OCEAN CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court has not hesitated in recent years to go above and beyond the cases before it to make bold and sweeping changes to the law, three veteran court watchers said Thursday. “This court’s habits ...

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Other than implementing federal health care reform, which in and of itself is significant, Maryland’s 2011 General Assembly session was unusually quiet from a health care perspective. The highlight of the 2011 session is the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act ...

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Local elections boards have now counted 21,919 valid signatures on the petition drive to overturn the law granting resident tuition to illegal immigrants, 3,000 more than needed to meet the first goal, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections ...

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Immigration, employment and civil rights lawyers say the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting creates a confusing landscape for employers. The justices’ decision upheld Arizona’s right to sanction employers for hiring undocumented workers and mandate ...

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Architects of the U.S. Constitution took care to make alterations difficult. Amendment of the Constitution may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a special convention petitioned by two-thirds of the state legislatures. Any ...

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WASHINGTON — Top executives from Sony and online marketing firm Epsilon are telling lawmakers that they support federal legislation that would require companies to promptly notify consumers if their personal information is stolen or exposed by a data breach. Tim ...

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BOSTON — A bill that would require employers to give workers paid sick leave has been revived in Congress after it was first introduced in 2004. The Healthy Families Act would allow workers to earn up to one hour of ...

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Nearly every state in the union tried to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of any congressional movement on the matter, and more than half considered Arizona-style enforcement measures, up from just six in 2010. But ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s state-run venture fund was signed into law Thursday, but small, high-tech firms will have to wait more than a year to get a piece of the $70 million earmarked for the program. And the bill for Invest ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A glance at other legislation signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley Thursday at the third and final bill- signing ceremony from the legislative session: LAWN FERTILIZER — Maryland will limit nitrogen used in lawn fertilizer, ban most phosphorous and ...

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